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/klasɪz/ · clas·ses
noun
- A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes. The new policy applies to all classes of employees.
- A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes; upper class, middle class and working class.
- The division of society into classes. Jane Austen's works deal with class in 18th-century England.
- A class or order; sort; kind. The new smartphone is a class of device that has revolutionized the way we communicate.
verb
- To assign to a class; to classify. I would class this with most of the other mediocre works of the period.
- To be grouped or classed. The new employee will be classed as a junior member of the team.
- To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes. The teacher will class the students according to their abilities.
Did you know? The term 'class' originated in ancient Rome, where it referred to a social class or division of society, and was later adopted into Middle English from Old French.